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80-year-old drug dealer arrested with 800 grams skunk in Edo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 80-year-old man, Chika Ugwoji, for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs in Rivers State.

According to a statement by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the octogenarian was arrested on July 14 in Ahoada with 800 grams of skunk in his possession.

In a separate operation in Edo State, NDLEA operatives arrested a couple, Christian Chukwuka, 32, and Nwanneka Christian, 33, after raiding their suspected drug warehouse along Sapele Road in Benin City.

The raid led to the seizure of 22 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 219.5 kilograms and 192.67 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis.

The agency said the arrests were part of ongoing nationwide operations aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks.

NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), commended officers involved in the operations and urged them to sustain the fight against illicit drugs.

LUKMAN ABDULMALIK

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